In article <1i9yfw9.ww9x4z1j21tmeN%rifty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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rifty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Rifty) wrote:
> I haven't bought Leopard (yet) and at this stage haven't found a
> compelling reason to do so, but I have the computing power to take
> whatever it throws at me. But I wonder just how many Leopard users are
> happy with the 'upgrade' and how many would go back a step (to 10.4.x)
> if it wasn't too much bother?
Leopard gave me enough problems on an iMac G5 ALS (with sleep awakening
spontaneously, WiFi disconnecting, DNS unreliable) initially that I
contemplated reinstalling Tiger. However there is enough goodness under
Leopard that I can see many programs will eventually require it as their
minimum level for sup****t. For example, Bento. It won't be the only one.
This is entirely aside for upfront goodies like Time Machine, Spaces,
better Spotlight and Front Row included and now playing Video_TS.
I eventually resolved most of my problems with10.5, and it didn't take a
reinstall. More work than I have had to do with Panther or Tiger, but
with Panther, I didn't know enough about Mac OS X to do the same sort of
fixes. Very fixes were minor compared to the changes I routinely made to
set Windows the way I wanted. I do still have a number of unsolved
problems, and I hope 10.5.2 fix some of them. Why can't Disk Utility
repair permissions a second time?
Despite this, I installed Leopard on my Powerbook as well. Fewer
problems there so far (but my Powerbook isn't used as intensively). I
did increase the memory in both systems (to 1.5 GB and 1.25 GB) prior to
installing Leopard. I am not at all sure I would have liked Leopard in a
half GB.
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